Joseph jezalik



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J. JEZALIK PAPERVBOX.

Patented Sept. 27, 1887..

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and the invention consists of a paper box com- UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOSEPH JEZALIK, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,481, datedSeptember 27, 1887.

' Application filed July 27, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J EZALIK, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have in vented certain new and useful improvements in PaperBoxes, of which the following is a specification.

.This invention relates to an improved paper box for cigarettes andother articles, the body of which can be readily drawn out for removingthe cigarettes, and the construction of which requires a much smallerquantity of paper than the boxes heretofore in use, so that the same canbe manufactured at less expense;

posed of an exterior guide-box of sufiicient size, and an interiorsliding box,which is made of one continuous piece, equal in width withthe exterior box, the end of said piece being permanently attached tothe top of the outer box, bent at one end of the same and passed alongthe bottom of the box, and provided at the opposite end with a lid andclosingflap, as will appear more fully hereinafter, and finally bepointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmy improved paper box. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of thesame on line x 00, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is an end view showing the lid inclosed position. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the oblong guide box or casingof my improved paper box for storing cigarettes or other articles. Tothe exterior guide-box, A, is applied an interior sliding portion, 13,which is formed of one continuous piece of paper, that is attached atone end, by gluing or otherwise, to the top part of the box A. Theportion B is then run along the top of. the box A to one end of the boxA, where it is bent so as to form a curved bottom for the exterior box,A. The portion B is then extended forward along the bottom of the outerbox,A, to the opposite end, where it is folded to form a closing-lid, a,

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and flap b, for the sliding box B. A small Serial No. 245,419. (Nomodel.)

flap, d, is cut integral from the lid a, and serves for pulling out theinterior sliding portion whenever it is desired to open the box and toremove a cigarette or other article from the For this purpose the flap dis taken hold of and the interior sliding portion, 13, drawn out intothe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which position thecigarette may be readily removed. For replacingit, it is pushed backinto the exterior guidebox, A,

until the lid and flap are restored to their normal position, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3. As the interior piece, B, has no side walls, aconsiderable quantity of paper-stock is saved in making the box, so thatthe same can be furnished at a considerably less expense, while itpossesses all the advantages of the old'style cigarette or other boxesin opening and closing the same, so as to remove the articles con tainedtherein.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A paper box consisting of an exterior guide box orcasing and an interior sliding portion made of one continuous piece,equal in width with the exterior box, said interior piece being attachedto the top wall of the box, bent at one end of the guidebox, extendedalong the bottom of the guide-box, and pro vided at its opposite endwith a closing lid and flap, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with an exterior guide box or casing, of an interiorsliding portion composed, of a continuous piece of paper with out sidewalls, said interior piece being attached to the top of the guide-box,bent at one end of the same so as to form a curved bottom, extendedalong the bottom part of the guidebox, and provided at its opposite endwith a closing lid and flap, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' J. JEZALIK. Witnesses:

CARL KARP, SIDNEY MANN.

